The government believes that upper secondary education needs to be tightened up. Today, there are too many subjects for students to choose from, which means that the same program can differ quite a bit depending on which school you attend.
This has several problematic consequences according to the government, which points out, among other things, that students make tactical choices where they choose easier subjects to get higher grades. The system is also considered to make it difficult for both higher education institutions and employers to know what knowledge a student actually has after graduating from high school.
The investigator will develop proposals for "a fully subject-based upper secondary education".
The idea is that programs should essentially look the same across the country, says Minister of Upper Secondary Education Lotta Edholm (L).
Then, of course, you can have a certain freedom of choice within a program, but it is unreasonable as it is today that a student can take a science program and not be eligible for a civil engineering program because they have studied too little math.
She wants to see fewer topics, but with greater depth. She doesn't want to say which topics should be removed, but that's up to the investigator.
The assignment must be reported no later than December 9, 2027.
